How To Install mednafen on Ubuntu 22.04

In this tutorial we learn how to install mednafen on Ubuntu 22.04. mednafen is multi-platform emulator, including NES, GB/A, Lynx, PC Engine

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install mednafen on Ubuntu 22.04.

What is mednafen

mednafen is:

Mednafen is a command-line driven emulator for many different systems. It has full support for OpenGL and SDL graphics, network play, remappable input configuration, joystick and keyboard support, save states, game rewinding, GSF playback, and screenshots.

The systems supported by Mednafen are: * Apple II/II+ * Atari Lynx * GameBoy * GameBoy Color * GameBoy Advance * NES * SNES * Virtual Boy * PC Engine (TurboGrafx 16) * PC-FX * SuperGrafx * NeoGeo Pocket, NeoGeo Pocket Color * WonderSwan * Sega Genesis / Mega Drive * Sega Saturn * Sony PlayStation

Hardware emulated by Mednafen includes: * NES gamepad, Zapper, PowerPad * Four-Score, Famicom multiplayer adapter * Arkanoid, HyperShot, Space Shadow, Mahjong controllers * Oeka Kids tablet, Quiz King buzzers, Family Trainer, Barcode World * Game Genie

There are three methods to install mednafen on Ubuntu 22.04. We can use apt-get, apt and aptitude. In the following sections we will describe each method. You can choose one of them.

Install mednafen Using apt-get

Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.

sudo apt-get update

After updating apt database, We can install mednafen using apt-get by running the following command:

sudo apt-get -y install mednafen

Install mednafen Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

After updating apt database, We can install mednafen using apt by running the following command:

sudo apt -y install mednafen

Install mednafen Using aptitude

If you want to follow this method, you might need to install aptitude first since aptitude is usually not installed by default on Ubuntu. Update apt database with aptitude using the following command.

sudo aptitude update

After updating apt database, We can install mednafen using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install mednafen

How To Uninstall mednafen on Ubuntu 22.04

To uninstall only the mednafen package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove mednafen

Uninstall mednafen And Its Dependencies

To uninstall mednafen and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 22.04, we can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove mednafen

Remove mednafen Configurations and Data

To remove mednafen configuration and data from Ubuntu 22.04 we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge mednafen

Remove mednafen configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

We can use the following command to remove mednafen configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge mednafen

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Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install mednafen package on Ubuntu 22.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.